<VV> Head Torque

[Ruth Dorogi]

I also have one of the special sockets and I think they were available to
mechanics at that time.  I picked up mine at a flea market for $5.  I was
probably the only corvair owner in  50 miles around that would recognize the
socket as being used for a corvair head.  It is a very useful and time
saving tool.    Dennis Dorogi
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Head Torque


> Hank replies:
> <snip>Craig
> Your assessment is certainly possible.
> However, I had no idea that Corvair engines were made anywhere but
Tonawanda.
> Don't all blocks start with a T??
> Remember, they weren't casted at Tonawanda, that was done at the Reynolds
> Aluminum plant in Messina, NY.
> Are there blocks without a T in the casting number?
> If so, I never saw one.
> Were blocks sent from Messina to LA?<unsnip>
>
> Ah So!  Good point, Batman.
> The engine ID stamping clearly indicated TO (Tonawanda) on every Corvair
> engine that I have ever seen and those marks are only stamped on assembled
engines
> regardless of where they were cast. Perhaps the tool I have was used for
> rework only?
> Craig
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